Ifor williams demountable cattle trailer

bk1991

hey

I have a 16ft iforwilliams flat trailer and looking for demount livestock body but iforwilliams only supply up to 14ft .With time on my hands and and fairly good with the welder i am thinking of makeing one .I am looking for ideas on what way there made ? ie what size steal etcand how it is mounted to trailer .Would i be correct in saying there made from angel ?Or is it both angle and box .Have any of ye got one ? If ye do would ye take a few pics of the mounting to trailer and ramp etc . wana get sumdrawings done see if it is worth doing .


bk1991

Muckit

Most factory manufactured trailers use channel bent around in a hoop every 2'. It'd be tricky enough do this unless you'd the right gear.

Also you'd want a press break to bend the fold in the side sheeting for strength.

If you cut corners the strength won't be in it. It'd be hard make a homemade job too that'd weigh as light as a factory job and still have same strength.

Also there's a reason you don't see many 16' cattle boxes. 16' would be too big a trailer for any jeep (physically and legally for weight reasons).

You might aswel go for a proper cattle trailer for behind a tractor with a low axle. It'I be at least 12" wider too so you'I fit cattle in better. Bridgeway Engineering in Shannonbridge Co. Offaly do a lovely trailer

Just my opinion

bk1991

Muckit wrote: »

Most factory manufactured trailers use channel bent around in a hoop every 2'. It'd be tricky enough do this unless you'd the right gear.

Also you'd want a press break to bend the fold in the side sheeting for strength.

If you cut corners the strength won't be in it. It'd be hard make a homemade job too that'd weigh as light as a factory job and still have same strength.

Also there's a reason you don't see many 16' cattle boxes. 16' would be too big a trailer for any jeep (physically and legally for weight reasons).

You might aswel go for a proper cattle trailer for behind a tractor with a low axle. It'I be at least 12" wider too so you'I fit cattle in better. Bridgeway Engineering in Shannonbridge Co. Offaly do a lovely trailer

Just my opinion

yea would be a better option but have 16ft trailer which is only used few times in yeard for bales and would make more us for it . beanding channel woulnt be prob if make up a jig to do so .


bk1991

snowman707

I presume the wheels are underneath on that 16 ft trailer , I would think twice before building a cattle body for it.

Butcher Boy

just wondering is it a 3 axel

bk1991

Butcher Boy wrote: »

just wondering is it a 3 axel

yes

reilig

bk1991 wrote: »

yes

U do be up at some queer hours.
Were u on milking this morning?

bk1991

reilig wrote: »

U do be up at some queer hours.
Were u on milking this morning?

ha ha ha no we got out of cows this year ....

JohnBoy

madness.

a 16 foot cattle trailer will be too big as has been said, to be honest I reckon most of the 14 footers are probably overloaded, and are generally being pulled by jeeps that arent rated to pull 3.5t either.


Sometimes there's no good reason why things arent done a different way, but sometimes there is. In this case there's lots of good reasons why no-one makes a 16 foot cattle trailer with the wheels under the deck.